LSU researchers helped uncover what may be the first clear detection of gamma rays from a superluminous supernova, using data ...

Astronomers have for the first time observed the birth of a magnetar, a highly magnetized, rapidly spinning neutron star, directly linked to some of the universe’s brightest exploding stars. This ...

Despite being so elusive, neutrinos are produced in abundance in some of the most violent events in the universe. One of ...

A rare supernova appeared five times in the sky, giving scientists a new way to measure how fast the universe is expanding ...

UC Santa Cruz professor shares one of cosmology's highest honors with Alex Filippenko at UC Berkeley and Ken Nomoto at the ...

Stars often end their lives with a dazzling explosion, creating and releasing material into the universe. This will then seed new life, leading to a cosmic cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

A new JCAP paper promises to reveal supernovae only hours after they explode Supernovae are enormous explosions that mark the final stages of a star’s life. They fall into two broad categories, ...

It's never too late to solve a cold case. A new paper from Syracuse University researchers proposes an explanation for both a mysterious stellar object discovered in the year 2013 and an astronomical ...

Stardust from ancient supernova explosions has been discovered in Antarctic ice, offering clues about the Solar System’s path ...